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Euro-wide Aid Pla
or hauliers • Two major initiatives designed to help the haulage industry in Europe are being planned in preparation for the Single European Market. European lawyers are joining......
Tgwu Sets 1990 Claims
• The Road Haulage Association has received two 1990 pay claims — both for a £15 rise in basic HGV rates. The Metropolitan and South East area Joint Industrial Council, which is......
Study Goes Ahead
• Research into wheel loss syndrome at the Motor Industry Research Association is to go ahead despite a poor response from the industry to an appeal for funds. Don Wright,......
Fridge Combo
• Truck fridge manufacturers Thermo King and Petters are combining their technical support organisations next month, following their merger last July. Technical know-how will be......
Green Heaven
• TNT Truckcare has won a Home Office contract to store and maintain 900 'Green Goddess' emergency fire engines at Bruntingthorpe Airport near Lutterworth.......
Barnet Ban
• Barnet Council, the Tory-controlled authority which includes premier Margaret Thatcher's Finchley constituency, is to ban vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes at night and......
Hino's In
• Hino Trucks is now a member of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. As it is a firststage member. Hino will have to fulfill other criteria before joining the full......
Ripon Ban
• An HGV ban is part of a package of measures proposed for Ripon city centre, which also includes the pedestrianisation of main shopping streets.......
Special Changes
▪ The Department of Transport has introduced the changes to Special Types regulations that were mooted last month (CM 3-9 August). Copies of the amendment can be obtained from......
Dutch Champs
• The 16th Routiers World Professional Driving Championships in France was won by The Netherlands. West Germany was runner up, Switzerland third and Finland fourth. The British......
Lveco Stakes Claim For Enasa
• The race by Europe's leading truck makers to acquire a substantial stake in Enasa, the Spanish truck and bus builder which also owns Seddon Atkinson, has quickened with the......
Examiners Strike Iiii Traffic Examiners Hay Voted To...
pay. The National Union of Ci and Public Servants will meet the Department of Transport tomorrow (6 October) to discuss the situation.......
Birch Buys
• Staffordshire-based Birch Group, which owni Bulk Storage, and Longt( Storage and Transport, h acquired Stockton Haulag and its associated companies.......
Flying Scot
• Scottish Road Service has landed a three-year contract-hire deal with th, Evening Times of Glasgo , which will involve a fleet 37 Ford Transit 120s. Th company is also......
Ban In Court
• A group of 13 companies faced prosecution breaking the London lorr ban last Tuesday as Co mercial Motor went to press. The two largest companies were United Transport......